Reddit’s 2022 recap transforms customers into buying and selling playing cards

It’s app recap season as soon as once more, and Reddit is getting in on the second with its second annual customized recap. This yr, your recap will embrace an autogenerated buying and selling card that represents you and your Reddit expertise in 2022.

Like different recaps, Reddit’s options loads of customized information that can assist you mirror in your yr on the platform. You may see issues like your most upvoted remark, how a lot you’ve scrolled as measured in bananas (nicely, what Reddit calls “Standard Banana Units”), and whether or not you’re on staff cat or staff canine.

But on the finish of your recap, you’ll even be given a “Superpower Reddit Ability” and assigned a uncommon, epic, or legendary ranking based mostly on how a lot Reddit karma you’ve earned, and these will all present up on on a particular card that’s generated only for you. The increased your ranking, the fancier the background in your card; the “Legendary” backing has a multicolor sheen that I’m envious of. Your card may also present issues just like the three communities you’ve visited probably the most and your username and avatar, and if you wish to share your card with out revealing precisely who you’re, you may make your title and avatar generic.

I believe the buying and selling playing cards are a intelligent spin on shareable recaps. My social feeds are at all times stuffed with Spotify Wrapped photos this time of yr, and I may see these buying and selling playing cards being shared round, too. The playing cards additionally give customers a great excuse to indicate off their avatars of Reddit’s Snoo mascot (together with the NFT avatars, so that you may see some folks attempting to flex).

“This is a fun, personalized way to show you how you engage on Reddit,” chief product officer Pali Bhat mentioned in an interview with The Verge. “We have a passionate community and a passionate group of group of Redditors who come together on diverse topics and really make it the human face of the internet.” Reddit’s 2022 recap characteristic launches Thursday on the cellular app and on desktop.

Reddit additionally shared some data about the platform as a whole. Redditors made greater than 430 million posts, a rise of 14 p.c from final yr, and greater than 2.5 billion feedback, up 7 p.c from 2021. The most-upvoted put up was the full screenshot of r/place 2022. And the most-viewed group? r/amitheasshole.